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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring extinct languages and lost writing systems from history.
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  • 1. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
  • 2. A principle of sound representation used in early scripts
  • 4. Script used to write Mycenaean Greek, predecessor to the Greek alphabet
  • 5. Relating to carved inscriptions often found on ancient scripts
  • 7. One of the earliest known systems of writing from Mesopotamia
  • 10. Ancient Egyptian script used for daily purposes
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  • 3. Ancient Mesoamerican culture potentially using early writing
  • 6. Ancient Crete script still largely undeciphered
  • 8. Simplified Egyptian cursive writing derived from hieroglyphs
  • 9. Civilization associated with Linear B script
  • 11. River near the cradle of cuneiform writing
  • 12. Nearly extinct Uralic language once spoken in northwestern Russia

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